The grass isn't always greener
I’d be happier if… I’ll be happier when… If only I had… It’s easier for them… You’re lucky… We hear these phrases a lot. It…
Mindfulness isn’t just for hippies
When looking up a recipe recently, I laughed out loud at cook and food writer Rachel Kelly’s line “cue readers' eye-rolling and thoughts ‘of course you make your…
How to be happy at work #5 Be nice to people
Back in 2011, acclaimed gerontologist Professor Karl Pillemer published 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans, the result of a ground-breaking…
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Is busy the same as productive?
Back in the summer, Seth Godin published a short blog called ‘Ask a busy person’. He wrote: "Ask a busy person. You might know one.…
CV writing: looking back to go forward
A client recently said to me: “Doing my CV is all about looking back when I want to move forward.” I disagreed - politely. Preparing…